Jiang Shiyu walked downstairs and sat down. Murong Cheng had already opened the medicine box and taken out iodine, band-aids, and Hong Hua oil.
The man took her arm and lifted it, wiping iodine on her elbow before applying a band-aid.
Finally, he poured Hong Hua oil into his palm, rubbed his hands together until they were warm, and pressed them onto her wrist, gently massaging.
She had expected the man to hurt her, but his technique was even gentler than that of the nurses at the hospital. She felt no pain at all.
Jiang Shiyu almost fell asleep under his massage.
"Your technique looks very skilled."
Jiang Shiyu was surprised that this man knew how to use Hong Hua oil for massage.
"When I was little, I had a very good friend who always climbed mountains and trees, and was always clumsy, always falling from trees. So, I learned."
It was rare to hear Murong Cheng speak in such a gentle tone.
Jiang Shiyu recalled something and rubbed her hair.
Why did Murong Cheng's words sound like they were about her?
When she was little, she also had a chubby friend who ran around the countryside, and she had even almost fallen into the river and drowned.
Murong Cheng gazed deeply at Jiang Shiyu. "That little girl was very mischievous. She almost drowned herself, was bitten by a snake, not to mention poking beehives."
Jiang Shiyu was puzzled. The more she listened, the more it sounded like her childhood!
"It seems we had quite similar childhoods!"
Jiang Shiyu foolishly agreed.
Murong Cheng chuckled. After saying all that, was this idiot still not realizing it?
"Get some rest early."
"Okay!" Jiang Shiyu nodded, rotating her wrist. She found that her wrist could move flexibly and didn't hurt as much.
The face of the chubby friend appeared before her eyes.
That little charcoal ball, ugly, dark, and fat, but with good medical skills. Every time she got injured, it was the chubby friend who treated her wounds. He had even sucked out snake venom from her mouth when she was bitten...
The next day, while eating breakfast, Jiang Shiyu called her former principal to inquire about the whereabouts of her childhood chubby friend.
Upon hearing what Jiang Shiyu said, Murong Cheng paused for a moment and suddenly walked upstairs.
On the other end of the phone, the principal heard Jiang Shiyu's intention. "Please wait a moment, I'll help you check..."
As the principal was searching through the old student records, someone knocked and entered.
"Principal, someone from the Education Bureau is looking for you..."
"Alright! I'm coming!" The principal asked Jiang Shiyu to wait and then got up to follow the person out.
Jiang Shiyu waited patiently for over ten minutes before the principal finally returned.
"I'm sorry, student. The Education Bureau has issued an order, and we cannot arbitrarily disclose student privacy."
"Ah? Okay!" Jiang Shiyu was very disappointed.
She had hoped to get information about her chubby friend, but it was still not possible.
Murong Cheng walked downstairs and glanced at Jiang Shiyu's expression. "What's wrong?"
Jiang Shiyu sadly held her phone. "Do you think my good friend, when he grew up, would look like this?"
Jiang Shiyu took out her phone and showed it to Murong Cheng.
It was a picture Jiang Shiyu had found online.
When Murong Cheng saw the phone screen, the iced Americano in his mouth spurted out.
In her eyes, this was what he looked like when he grew up?
On Jiang Shiyu's phone screen was a photo of a chubby boy, at least two hundred pounds, about five feet three inches tall. He was fat, ugly, and dark, like a black pig.
Just looking at it was enough to lose one's appetite.
Jiang Shiyu took out a tissue and handed it to Murong Cheng. "What's wrong? Did it scare you? My childhood friend was very ugly and chubby. I was worried if he could find a girlfriend now, and if he had succeeded in losing weight. Maybe he would be quite handsome if he slimmed down!"
Murong Cheng glanced at his reflection in the mirror. "Maybe he's already slimmed down and become a handsome young man?"
"Oh, how could that be? That guy was so pig-headed and brainless. I don't expect him to become a great handsome guy, just to lose weight. Even if he's just an ordinary person, that would be good!" Jiang Shiyu worried that if that boy remained so fat, it would be difficult for him to find a girlfriend!
It seemed his family wasn't well-off either. He was always hungry when he was little, so how did he get so fat!
"Hmm..." Pig-headed and brainless?
Murong Cheng savored the words. Was he really that ugly when he was little?
Then he definitely couldn't let this woman know that he was the chubby friend she described.
This little woman had resented him for a long time. If she found out, she would surely mock him endlessly.
"I'll keep looking. I need to know where he is now!"
Jiang Shiyu drained the warm milk in her cup, put down the cup with a bang, her eyes filled with determination, even shining.
Murong Cheng wiped the table clean, refilled a cup with iced Americano, and before he could swallow, he heard her words and almost sprayed it out again. "Let fate decide. Some people will appear in your life even if you don't look for them. There's no need to force it."
He tried to persuade Jiang Shiyu.
"No, I have to find him. He's my best friend. His family isn't well-off. If I don't look for him diligently, I might never find him in this lifetime."
No matter what Murong Cheng said, Jiang Shiyu seemed determined to find her chubby friend.
"Do you want me to help you look?" Murong Cheng suddenly asked.
"Okay!" Murong Cheng had extensive resources, so wouldn't it be easy to find someone? Jiang Shiyu readily agreed.
"Alright, I'll keep an eye out. I'm going to work now."
Murong Cheng glanced at the time on his watch, picked up his phone, and stood up.
Upon arriving at the company, he attended the morning meeting. The seats were filled with executives in suits.
An Yan brought Murong Cheng a cup of iced Americano. Just as she was about to leave, Murong Cheng called her back and whispered a few words to her.
An Yan was surprised but nodded and left the meeting room.
Strange, why would the president ask her to find a fat man, and specifically someone in the company who was dark and fat?
Although she didn't understand why the president suddenly wanted to find a fat person, An Yan still went to search.
Because the company had a system that allowed her to see everyone's photos at a glance, An Yan quickly locked onto a target.
After the morning meeting ended, An Yan approached Murong Cheng with a folder and whispered, "President, I've found this person."
She handed the man's resume to Murong Cheng.
Murong Cheng took the folder and opened it. It contained the profile of a man named Li Gang, in his early thirties, dark and fat. He wasn't ugly, but he lacked any distinguishing features.
"Very good, this is him. Have him come to my office this afternoon."
Murong Cheng was satisfied. He threw the folder back to An Yan and then stood up and walked out of the meeting room.
An Yan was stunned, holding the folder in her hands, frozen in place.
What did the president just say?
He wanted this man to go to his office?